Bill 4330

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       4330
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970617
Primary Sponsor:                   R. Smith 
All Sponsors:                      R. Smith 
Drafted Document Number:           kgh\15323sd.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:      19970617
Subject:                           Jane V. (Candye) Slay,
                                   Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
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House   19970617  Received from Senate
Senate  19970617  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19970617  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate

TO COMMEND JANE V. (CANDYE) SLAY, PRINCIPAL OF REDCLIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AIKEN AND ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOST HONORED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, UPON HER RETIREMENT.

Whereas, Jane V. (Candye) Slay is retiring this year as principal of Redcliffe Elementary School in Aiken where, since 1988, she has served as principal of this outstanding school which has more than one thousand students and more than one hundred faculty and staff members; and

Whereas, prior to coming to Redcliffe Elementary, she served as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and principal of other elementary schools in Aiken and in other South Carolina communities; and

Whereas, she is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of South Carolina in early childhood education and administration; and

Whereas, Candye Slay is one of South Carolina's most distinguished school administrators. Her individual honors include being named the Outstanding Elementary Teacher in America, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Administrator Award, the South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education Administrator Award, and being named the South Carolina Art Education Association Elementary Principal of the Year. Schools under her supervision also have won numerous awards and recognitions including the South Carolina School Incentive Award, the Palmetto's Finest Regional Award, the South Carolina Writing Improvement Network Exemplary Writing Award, and the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Award for Arts Education; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, would like to publicly recognize and thank her on behalf of the children of Aiken and South Carolina for her career of administrative and instructional excellence in the public schools of this State upon the occasion of her retirement. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly hereby commend Jane V. (Candye) Slay, principal of Redcliffe Elementary School in Aiken and one of South Carolina's most honored school administrators, upon her retirement.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Jane V. (Candye) Slay.